FE Week

05/09/2026

🇬🇧 Suella Braverman has said employers training their own apprentices under Reform UK would not get a "free-for-all", two weeks after the party said training providers would be "optional".

Suella Braverman says a Reform government would still regulate employers training their own apprentices, and would fund skills by cutting university courses

04/09/2026

🗳️ New City College chief Gerry McDonald elected next Association of Colleges president https://feweek.co.uk/new-city-college-chief-gerry-mcdonald-elected-next-aoc-president/

04/09/2026

🕵️ A collapsed training provider that claimed it was owed nearly £1 million by public funding bodies has been hit with counterclaims worth nearly double that amount amid allegations of misconduct.

North London-based Prevista Limited went into liquidation in May 2025 with more than 400 apprentices on its books.

https://feweek.co.uk/dfe-and-councils-turn-tables-on-collapsed-prevista/

04/09/2026

🔍 More than £5m could be clawed back from a Yorkshire college following an investigation into alleged maladministration and fraud, accounts have revealed https://feweek.co.uk/sheffield-braced-for-5m-clawback-over-esol-scandal/

03/09/2026

⚠️ Money earmarked for adult education in Tees Valley will not be released for another six months as the region’s mayoral authority reruns a procurement.

The three-year adult skills fund contract, worth up to £21 million, was due to begin delivery last month, providing training for unemployed people studying up to level 3.

https://feweek.co.uk/six-month-delay-for-tees-valley-adult-education/

02/09/2026

🆕 New or reformed national GCSE-level qualifications may be needed as part of Andy Burnham’s plans to introduce technical pathways for 14-year-olds, the education secretary has said

But technical 'pathways' for 14-year-olds will use existing qualifications when they first launch in 2028

01/09/2026

Colleges are finally set to receive an overall attainment score for their T Level provision https://feweek.co.uk/dfe-to-publish-overall-t-level-scores-for-each-college/

01/09/2026

September is here and so is a packed year for FE and skills.

From qualification reform to apprenticeships, funding and the new government’s post-16 agenda, FE Week will be following every development.

Make FE Week part of your start-of-term routine at a reduced rate of £52 until 11 Septemeber:
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Use Code: FEWEEKSUMMER26

28/08/2026

🔍 We’re days away from the new academic year, and a return to work means fresh Ofsted inspections.

So what have nine months of the inspectorate’s new report card regime revealed?

Trends emerge for FE and skills under the inspectorate’s new assessment regime